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I TOOK THIS PIC AT MY FARM THIS MORNING. WE ARE ONLY 5 MILES FROM KEY LARGO. THIS HAPPENED LAST NIGHT AS WE WATERED OUR IGUANA HIBISCUS PLANTS. TODAY MAKES 15 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF COLD WEATHER WITH LAST NIGHT THE COLDEST YET. MY YARD IS LITTERED WITH DEAD ANOLES FROZEN SOLID...IT'S SAD AND FARMER'S TOOK A HUGE HIT AS WELL. EVERY CANAL HAS TONS OF DEAD FISH..FINALLY WE'RE IN A WARM UP MODE, THANK GOD...

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Tom Crutchfield
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I was in your neck of the woods this time last year, and i fondly remember the 75 degree days while it was single digits back here. I never thought I'd see a photo like that come out of Homestead.
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1.1 gray banded kingsnake
1.1 california kingsnake
1.1 kenyan sand boa
1.1 western hognose snake
0.1 albino checkered garter
1.0 florida blue garter
1.1 het anery red sided garter
1.1 reverse oketee corn snake
1.1 blood red corn snake
0.1 amel striped corn
1.0 amel 66% het striped corn
1.1 het albino ball python
1.1 het ghost ball python
0.1 spider ball python
1.0 pastel ball python
1.1 mojave ball python
1.0 butter ball python
0.1 ringer ball python
1.0 African dinker ball python
0.3 normal ball python
1.0 piebald ball python
0.1 het piebald ball python
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0.1 Mystic Ball Python

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1-eastern box turtle
2-spotted turtle
2-eastern/midland painted turtle intergrade
1.0-common musk turtle
1-Pink bellied sideneck
6-Northern red belly

Invertebrates
0.1 southern black widow
1-Tanzanian Giant Tailless whipscorpion

Amphibians
0.1 Ornate Horned Frog

Birds:
1.1 red avadavit
2-blue breasted cordon blue
1.1-black cheeked waxbill
0.1-star finch
1.0-Java rice sparrow
2.0-owl finch
1.0-hybrid munia
0.1-White bellied caique

Fish
2-corydoras cats
1-African upside down cat

normal stuff
0.1 black lab

Tom,
That's one crazy pic....especially coming from where you're at. i remember when i used to live in Miami a cold front would come in and it would get into the high 60's and people were freaking out....i could only imagine now!!!

Pitoon
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Hey Tom
Come on up here to minnesota. Should be t-shirt weather later this week. Maybe 30 degrees.

GLOBAL WARMING????????????

Dave
High End Royal Pythons

For global warming!!! SCAM!!!!!!! ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES YET!!!!!! Pathetic.......

thats pretty much my point!!!

Dave
High End Royal Pythons

Maybe read up a bit on global warming... My understanding is harsher winters are expected. I guess this was just a lucky guess?

They made that prediction after the fact when they realized that their original prediction was not coming to fruition. It was originally assumed that the annual climate in general would become hotter. Then when it became apparent that this was not happening, they decided to say that 'clearly global warming is actually going to cause global cooling'... which goes down in history as one of the dumbest arguments of all time. It's basically a way of saying 'well, we were wrong, however we are scientists and would not like to admit that'.

Believe what you wish about global warming. I surely do not wish to derail the thread further, but you have to realize that the people that write about global warming have something to gain. Al Gore had a lot to gain, as did everyone else who has signed on to the global warming agenda. I wish someone would explain how they can claim that we have had a warming trend over the past century, causing them to believe that global warming is going to be a problem, while in the 70's they were predicting the coming of another ice age.

Plus, 'global warming' in the natural sense (the Earth naturally becomes slightly warmer and slightly cooler throughout centuries of orbit, that is the nature of an elliptical orbit, which over time pushes the planet to opposite ends of the goldilocks zone) has been happening ever since the last ice age. Let's think about it this way... This past century the temperature has risen a few degrees on average. Also in this past century mankind in general has witnessed the greatest period of advancement in history (including important advancements like medical care... not just cars and chemicals, which we all agree can cause environmental problems, however the problems are more direct and people never think about that).

Just some things to think about. People for global warming always claim that the reason one would be skeptical of the theory is only because he/she has not done enough research. I have done enough research to discover that, yes, we are harmful to our planet and ourselves. That is human nature and it is what will eventually lead to the demise of the human race (if not most other species of animals and plants as well). Global warming is not what I am concerned about. It is a small problem in a list of huge problems. Over population is the number one problem on my list. We need to stop having babies! Try to get people to sign on to that and see how difficult it is to find people with an altruistic desire to help their planet.

And those people saying global warming is a myth ALSO have a lot to gain....or does it only work one way in your world?

As a scientist, I do believe climate change is much better verbage. U should realize Ryan, that the eight of the last ten years have still been the hotest on record for the planet as a whole.

Considering that picture is in Florida...it is surprising and worrying for all the native wildlife who never had to experience such cold weather for so long.

Being from much further north, where freezing rain, ice storms, snow storms, frigid wind chills are all the norm especially this time of the year... icy formations like the picture are nothing. But I can definitely understand how freakish the weather is for you guys down in Florida.

Only time will tell how this cold snap will affect the overall populations of reptiles, both invasive and native, not to mention all the other animals who make their home in Florida.
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PHLdyPayne

As I read this post I am sitting on the shore of a local lake bass fishing in shorts and flipflops I think it hit 76 yesterday......... all five of those man killing burms must be slithering their way to Arizona now.
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Brian Hettinger
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Hi Tom was thinking of you guys / Breeders /Farms..in South florida..Lot´s have manny of animals outside..really hope you had room inside for some..
Here in Denmark we had more than 38 days now with the white weather,,and below or around frezzing all the time..glad I have my animals inside..
Take care

Rolf Mikkelsen

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